Silver Altar in Santiago Cathedral
Come along on a Cruise from Santiago to Buenos Aires in March,
through the Chilean Fjords, around Cape Horn--
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| At Donato's in the Santiago Market-with Mary Alice and Anne | Silver Altar in Santiago Cathedral |
Barricades in front of the Santiago Cathedral |
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| With Anne at the Sheraton pool | Santiago Cathedral | Sunday flea market in Valparaiso |
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| We're off to the fjords! | Sunset from my Starboard window | With the girls on deck--Mary Alice, Adeline and Anne--from Kansas City and Frisco |
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| A day at sea | First Stop--the Lakes Region--Puerto Montt | Mount Osorno--a volcano towers over Lake Llanquhue |
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| Petrohue River Falls | Sweaters in Petrohue Market are alluring | You can see the German-influence in Puerto Montt |
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| Puerto Montt town square | Along Simpson River on the road to Coyaque | Second stop--Coihaique |
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| Painting in the museum in Coihaique | Cascade of the Virgin | Simpson River Valley |
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| We're into the fjords now! | A friendly llama in Chacabuco | Heading toward glaciers |
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After sailing through the fjords and entering the Magellan Channel--at the end of the earth--we were surprised to find the town of Punta Arenas to be a center of culture, commerce and society, thanks to its location on the Gold Rush route of the 19th century. | |
| Up close with a glacier | Docking in Punta Arenas | |
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| The Braun-Menendez Mansion, now the Magellanic Museum is the second home of Sara Braun, from a wealthy family of wool merchants. | Kathleen O'Donnell and I shopped for wool sweaters in Punta Arenas | The Union Club, now Hotel Noguiera, once owned by Sara Braun and her Patagonian pioneering husband Jose Noguiera |
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| Sailing through Beagle Channel to see the glaciers | A waterfall turning into a glacier | Laura and Paul Bailey from Toronto added to the pleasure of the cruise for me. |
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| A last look at the glaciers | We didn't see many sailboats, in the Strait of Magellan | We must be in Argentina by now, so come along to Ushuaia, Cape Horn and eventually, Buenos Aires! Click here |
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